There is a reason that John 3:16 is one of the most well known and best loved verses in the bible. This verse tells us that God showed the extraordinary depth of His love for us by giving us His only son….as a sacrifice for our sins. He delights in, and desires a relationship with us His children, but we cannot maintain a relationship with God on our own. It took the sacrifice of God’s own son to make the relationship God desires with us possible.